1955 Vuelta a España
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The 10th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from April 25 to May 8, 1955. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,740 km, and was won by Jean Dotto
. Fiorenzo Magni won the points classification and Giuseppe Buratti won the mountains classification.
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
Bicycle racing
Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
stage
Stage (bicycle race)
In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...
race and one of the 3 grand tours
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
, was held from April 25 to May 8, 1955. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,740 km, and was won by Jean Dotto
Jean Dotto
Jean-Baptiste Dotto was the first French racing cyclist to win the Vuelta a España. He rode the Tour de France 13 times, coming fourth in 1954....
. Fiorenzo Magni won the points classification and Giuseppe Buratti won the mountains classification.
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  France Jean DottoJean Dotto Jean-Baptiste Dotto was the first French racing cyclist to win the Vuelta a España. He rode the Tour de France 13 times, coming fourth in 1954.... |
81h 04' 02s | |
| 2 |  Spain Antonio Jimenez |
a 3' 06s | |
| 3 | France Raphaël Géminiani Raphael Geminiani Raphaël Géminiani is a French former road bicycle racer. He had six podium finishes in the Grand Tours. He is one of four children of Italian immigrants who moved to Clermont-Ferrand. He worked in a cycle shop and started racing as a boy... |
a 5' 05s | |
| 4 | Spain Jesús Loroño Jesus Loroño Jesus Loroño Artega is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España... |
a 5' 52s | |
| 5 | Spain Vicente Iturat |
a 6' 24s | |
| 6 | Spain Gabriel Company Bauza |
a 6' 30s | |
| 7 | Spain José Serra |
a 7' 31s | |
| 8 |  Italy Giuseppe Buratti |
a 8' 42s | |
| 9 | Spain Cosme Barrutia |
a 9' 37s | |
| 10 | France Georges Gay |
a 9' 44s | |
| 11 | Spain Salvador Botella |
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| 12 | Spain Carmelo Morales |
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| 13 | Italy Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.He was born in Vaiano, province of Prato . He was the "third man" of the golden age of Italian cycling, at the time of the great rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali... |
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| 14 | Spain Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España.... |
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| 15 | Spain Andres Trobat |
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| 16 | Spain José Gomez Del Moral |
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| 17 |  Belgium Arsene Bauwens |
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| 18 | Italy Gastone Nencini Gastone Nencini Gastone Nencini was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 19 | Spain Francisco Moreno |
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| 20 | Spain Antonio Gelabert |
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| 21 | Spain Federico Bahamontes Federico Bahamontes Federico Martín Bahamontes is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.-Biography:Bahamontes was born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla , of Cuban descent. His family was devastated during the Spanish civil war and Bahamontes' father, Julián, took the family to Madrid as refugees... |
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| 22 | Spain Manolo Rodríguez |
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| 23 | France Nello Lauredi Nello Lauredi Nello Lauredi was a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but in 1984 he changed nationality to France. He was a professional cyclist from 1949 until 1959 and had 17 wins. His most important win being three overall wins in the Dauphiné Libéré... |
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| 24 | Spain Emilio Rodríguez Emilio Rodriguez Emilio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España... |
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| 25 | Spain Miguel Gual |